Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201483641 - Employee falls from an unsecured ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201483641 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/14/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125844241	09/05/2000	1791	0	Sun Coast Steel, Inc.,

Abstract: Employee #1, a welder, made a weld on a monorail 16 ft off the 4th deck of the Protein Dryer building, while standing on a secured ladder. He removed temporary bolts on the monorail and while standing on a second ladder which was not secured, fell approximately 10 to 12 ft., stricking a wooden box on the way down. Employee #1 was hospitalized with injuries to his leg and chest.

Keywords: CHEST, UNSECURED, LADDER, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, WELDER, FALL, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	88

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125844241			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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